Brigitte Granville

Brigitte Granville is a professor of International Economics and Economic Policy and director of the Centre for Globalisation Research (CGR). Her research interests focus on the application of macroeconomics to critical contemporary issues, as reflected in a series of recent journal publications on inflation and poverty reduction. In this context, she has been a major contributor to the analysis of the successes and problems of Russian economic reform, writing one major book, and co-editing /Russia's Post-Communist Economy/ (with Peter Oppenheimer, 2001), and publishing many related articles in English and Russian. Her research maintains a careful attention to theoretical underpinnings in monetary economics. In addition, her work has consistently addressed the links between macroeconomics and broader public policy issues. The results include a successful and broadly-funded programme on the economics of essential medicines in a global context, begun at Chatham House and resulting in the publication of two edited books such as "The Economics Of Essential Medicines" (2002) and "Delivering Essential Medicines" (with Amir Attaran, 2004). She has also published in multiple journals such as "Journal of Economic History". She also writes and comments on debt and poverty reduction and her latest book on the topic "Sovereign Debt: Origins, Management & Restructuring" (co-edited with Vinod Aggarwal, 2003). She presently works on The Fair Trade Movement, legal support and social implications with Janet Dine thanks to a grant by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). She is a director of the charity "Effective Intervention" to decrease child mortality in poor countries.

Email address: b.granville@qmul.ac.uk

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